She was almost at the door before she saw the little potted tree sitting on
the stoop in the porch light. Baffled, she crouched down, stared at the little
stuffed bird attached to a branch from which golden silk pears dripped.
Since the attached card carried her name, she tugged it free and ripped it
open.
Consider this the first day of Christmas.
Bran
He'd sent her a partridge in a pear tree, Gwen thought, and, pressing the
card to her breast, sighed hugely. How incredibly sweet. She skimmed her finger
over one of the glossy pears and set it swinging, smiled foolishly at the
colorful, plump bird.
- The MacGregor Brides -
Gwendolyn
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"It's Bran."
Stunned, Julia stared outside. There on the wide slope of lawn were ten
burly men in kilts, leaping in a Scottish reel.
"Ten lords
a-leaping," she managed.
"Lairds," Julia corrected, grinning like an idiot.
"Even
better, there are eleven pipers piping, and twelve drummers drumming. I'd say
that wraps it up, honey. Your true love didn't miss a trick."